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You Are What You're Ready For - A Philosophy

You Are What You’re Ready For – A Philosophy

Editors note: This article was republished with permission from ericdavis215.com blog. For more lifestyle gear articles be sure to check out his blog. There are many similar mantras that get slung by the Boy Scouts: “Be Prepared” or the tactical type, “Always Be Ready.” Both of these terms imply a state of readiness in preparation […]

The Classic North Face Duffel

The Classic North Face Duffel

I was leaving Ethiopia and I had a lot of valuable and sensitive stuff to bring back with me. I had a decent suitcase, but it was raining out and I knew those who would be handling my luggage wouldn’t be walking around with an umbrella covering it.  Luckily, my brother-in-law, had a North […]

Hydro Flask – The Tactical “Fonzie” Of Water Bottles

Perhaps the best description of this flask is its ability to get baked in my truck, I mean to the point that the exterior of the bottle is hot to the touch, but still keeps the liquid inside incredibly cool. Like it will kind of trip you out how cool it stays. This flask is […]

Oakley Crosshairs Review

Oakley Crosshairs | High Definition Sunglasses

Surgical, precise, fluid, dynamic, tough and always ready describes the professional operator, executive, or adventurer. Limited only by the constraints of physics and his own humanity, the professional operator carefully chooses every piece of gear he carries. The responsibility for remaining both agile and quick leaves no room for any gear which only serves a single purpose […]

Scout Paramotor | 1 Way to "Bug Out" of anywhere

Scout Paramotor | 1 Way to “Bug Out” of anywhere

As I progress on my series “prepared for adventure,” I’ve been searching high and low for the ultimate “Preparedness” equipment, training, tactics and strategies.  I’ll be looking at the Scout motorized Paramotor as a means of infiltration and exfiltration. I got the idea this weekend when I was 4X4 on the dunes of Pismo Beach. […]

The Harry Potter Pantry: Being ready at a moments notice

The Harry Potter Pantry: Being ready at a moments notice

3 – 2 – 1  STOP! Now load everyone you’re responsible for into your vehicle and start driving. See you in a week! Sounds like a militant drill carried out by those who actually thought they were preparing for a zombie apocalypse. However, once you fully understand that for which you are really preparing, the […]

Cave Testing – Blauer Tactical Pants

Cave Testing the Blauer Tactical Pants

There’s only one way to know if a pair of tactical pants are worth owning. Put them on and then go beat the crap out of them. So when Blauer sent me a pair of their B.DU Tactical Pants that’s exactly what I did. Cave Sliding Pants Testing Of course, the pants meet all of […]

Stop Preparing For Emergencies

Stop Preparing For Emergencies, Prepare for Adventure

You no longer need to prepare for emergencies:  Flood, fire, hurricane, earthquake, terrorist attack, industrial accident. Whatever. Sure anyone of those things could thrust us into a “Bug Out” situation, but nobody is really worried. Sure we could be forced into the streets with our families alongside thousands of scared people shedding their humanity to […]

Gear is life - Life is Gear

Gear is life – Life is Gear

There is really no such thing as “gear”. These things, this stuff, these gadgets and guns, these cords, boards and gizmos figuratively and literally represent the circumstances of which life is made up of. Nothing more and nothing less. If we get a new, full suspension, light as hell mountain bike, will we not be […]

Learning Lock Picking: The keys to the kingdom

I remember that feeling of having the “keys to the kingdom” when I was taught how to pick locks and surreptitiously enter… well, places that didn’t expect me to be entering. It was awesome, but it took a lot of work and now years past I realize that it’s what’s called a “Perishable Skill” which […]

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